JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, 1789 TO 1995 1-Continued 51. Oliver Wendell Holmes 59. James Clark McReynolds 64. Edward Terry Sanford 65. Harlan Fiske Stone 68. Hugo Lafayette Black 71. William Orville Douglas 72. Frank Murphy 73. James Francis Byrnes 74. Robert Houghwout Jackson 77. Thomas Campbell Clark Dec. 9, 1895 Dec. 17, 1910 Oct. 24, 1909 13 26 29 19 3 4 5 26 4 New Jersey Tennessee Aug. 29, 1914 1SOURCE: Marshal, Supreme Court of the United States. 2 The acceptance of the appointment and commission by the appointee, as evidenced by the taking of the prescribed oaths, is here implied, otherwise the individual is not carried on this list of the Members of the Court. Examples: Robert Hanson Harrison is not carried, as a letter from President Washington of February 9, 1790, states Harrison declined to serve; neither is Edwin M. Stanton, who died before he could take the necessary steps toward becoming a Member of the Court. Chief Justice Rutledge is included because he took his oaths and presided over the August term of 1795, his name appearing on two opinions of the Court for that term. 3 Where a Member received two commissions the one entered on the Court's Minutes is here used. *Commissioned July 1, 1795 (during adjournment of Congress); presided at August term, 1795. Nomination rejected by the Senate Dec. 15, 1795. Also served as Associate Justice. Feb. 18, 1988 Oct. 29, 1990 Oct. 23, 1991 Aug. 10, 1993 |